KELO-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KELO-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your Home
station_branding = KELOLAND Television
MyUTV (DT2)
analog = 11 (VHF)
digital = 32 (UHF)
other_chs =
subchannels = DT1 CBS 720p DT2 (except KCLO) MNTV/Sportsman 480i
affiliations = CBS
network =
founded =
airdate = May 19, 1953
location = Sioux Falls, South Dakota
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Young Broadcasting, Inc.
licensee = Young Broadcasting of Sioux Falls, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Primary:
NBC (1954-1960)
Secondary:
CBS (1954-1960)
ABC (1954-1962)
DuMont (1954-1955)
DT2:
UPN (2004-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
869 kW (digital)
HAAT = 610 m (analog)
589 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 41983
coordinates = coord|43|31|7|N|96|32|5.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.keloland.com/ www.keloland.com]
[http://www.utv4u.com/ www.utv4u.com]

KELO is the CBS affiliate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, broadcasting on NTSC Channel 11 (analog) and ATSC Channel 32 (digital). South Dakotans pronounce the station as "Kelo," as if it rhymes with "hello." It broadcasts from a 2000 foot tower located near Rowena, South Dakota.

tation history

KELO signed on air on May 19, 1953 as South Dakota's first television station. It was owned by Midcontinent Media, a theater and broadcasting conglomerate, along with KELO radio (AM 1320 and 92.5 FM). It was a primary NBC affiliate, but it also carried programs from ABC, CBS and DuMont.

After KSOO-TV (now KSFY-TV) signed on in 1960, KELO switched its primary affiliation to CBS and has remained with that network ever since. Midcontinent sold KELO-TV to Young Broadcasting in 1995.

KELO was home to "Captain 11", a popular children's show in the area, from 1955 until 1996.

Since the mid-1980s, its logo consists of "Kelo", written in cursive font, over a line, with "KELOLAND TELEVISION" underneath. It is one of the few stations whose logo's last three call letters are in lower-case (another station known to use this type of logo is another channel 11-- PBS affiliate KBYU-TV in Provo, Utah).

KELOLAND News has used The CBS Enforcer Music Collection as its news music package since 1997.

Timeline

* May 19, 1953: KELO signed on as the first television station in South Dakota.
* January 15, 1955 KELO goes live.
* September 27, 1955: KDLO signs on the air covering Northeastern South Dakota.
* July 15, 1957: KPLO signs on the air covering the Pierre area
* September 23, 1968: Became South Dakota's first all-color TV station.
* November 25, 1986: First Broadcast in stereo
* July 11, 1988 KELO adds a satellite uplink truck to its coverage for remote airing.
* November 28, 1988: KCLO signs on the air covering The Rapid City, Area
* January 21, 1991 KELO 1st Newscast in closed-caption.
* May 31, 1996: Acquired by Young Broadcasting.
* September 8, 1997: KELO builds two LIVE Weather radar radar in South Dakota
* 1999: KELO-TV awarded a Emmy for PSA for the Tradition of Caring
* March 6, 2003: Began broadcast on South Dakota's first full power digital signal
* May 19, 2003: KELO-LAND TV Celbrates 50 yrs in "KELOLAND"
* January, 2008: KELO-TV Unveils KELOLAND LiveDoppler HD

Coverage area / rebroadcasters

KELO serves the largest viewing area of any station in the United States. It calls this vast area —which consists all of South Dakota as well as large parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa—"KELOLAND", and covers it with a network of rebroadcasters:Notes:
*1. KCLO-TV does not offer MyUTV on digital.

The programming of KELO-TV is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
* K24DT (Channel 24) Aberdeen
* K28DP (Channel 28) Custer
* K57BX (Channel 57) Lake Andes

A unique feature of KELO's coverage area is that it includes two time zones -- Central and Mountain. This means that viewers of Rapid City's KCLO watch CBS's prime-time schedule from 6PM to 9PM (instead of 7PM to 10PM), with "The Late Show with David Letterman" at 9:35PM MT.

KCLO, because it is in a separate market, also gets certain shows fed to it specifically. KELO by contrast can not feed things like my UTV, or any other programming that may already be shown in the market, to Rapid City. All 4 KELO stations do get separate advertising as needed.

MyUTV

MyUTV is carried on a digital subchannel of KELO (channel 11.2 or 32.2) and rebroadcasted on digital subchannels of KDLO (channel 3.2 or 2.2) and KPLO (channel 6.2 or 14.2), though not KCLO due to FCC market rules. It's currently affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It was formerly a UPN affiliate branded simply as "UTV". UTV is generally carried on cable channel 10.

MyUTV is not seen in the in Rapid City market -- the UPN affiliate there was KCPL-LP 52, and the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Rapid City is KKRA-LP 24; as a result, UTV still can not be carried on KCLO by FCC market rules.

The CW in South Dakota is represented by stations unrelated to KELO -- KWSD 36 in Sioux Falls and KWBH-LP 27 in Rapid City.

Weather coverage

* November 24, 1992 SkyCam system is installed for weather use.
* In 1997, the station group installed two live doppler weather radars in Huron and Beresford. Making it the First TV statio in the country to own and operate 2 Live Doppler system.
* In 2001, they installed another doppler weather radar in Wall. KELOLAND is the only station in South Dakota to own and operate a network of live doppler weather radars.
* The station group also has a network of Weather Net sites which are updated every three seconds.
* In 2007 they upgraded their Huron radar to use dual polarization technology, and upgraded its power from 250,000 watts to 1,000,000 watts. They also upgraded their computer systems at their Beresford and Wall radars.
* The name of the doppler network changed in 2007 to KELOLAND LIVE DOPPLER HD.

Personalities past and present

ANCHORS

*Courtney Zieller, KLTM & Reporter
*Jon Wilson, KLTM, Midday
*Katie Janssen, Midday & 5PM
*Angela Kennecke, 6PM & 10PM
*Don Jorgensen, 5PM, 6PM, & 10PM
*Perry Groten, Weekend Morning Anchor & Reporter
*Erica Johnson, Weekend Morning Anchor & Reporter
*Cherlene Richards, Weekend Evening Anchor & Reporter

METEORLOGISTS

*Dr. Jay Trobec Ph.D., 5PM, 6PM, 10PM - Chief Meteorologist
*Brian Karstens, KLTM
*Scot Mundt, Midday, 5PM
*Tony Barlow, Weekends

SPORTS

*Jay Elsen, Sports Director
*David McCoy, Weekend Sports Anchor / Reporter
*David Brown, Sports/News Reporter

REPORTERS

*Ben Dunsmoor, NightBeat
*Kelli Grant, HealthBeat
*Shawn Neisteadt, Evenings
*Eric Schaffhauser, Aberdeen
*Brian Kushida, Mornings
*Karla Ramaekers, Rapid City

PAST REPORTERS/ANCHORS

*Dave Dedrick, former weather
*Shawn Cable, former Meteorologist
*Kristie VerMulm, former weather
*Jim Burt, Sports (1953-1987)
*Leo Hartig, former anchor
*Steve Hemmingsen, former anchor
*Doug Lund, former anchor
*Ron Olsen, reporter 1973 (now with KTLA-TV, Los Angeles)

KELO TV Tower

The station tramsnits from the KELO TV Tower, a 605 metre (1905 ft) high guyed radio mast at Rowena, South Dakota, at coord|43|31|7|N|96|32|5.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000. The tower was built in 1975 to replace a 609.6 meter tall KELO TV Tower collapsed in 1968 after a North Central airliner clipped a guy wire. The plane was able to land safely with no injuries, but the tower was destroyed. KELO was back on the air three days later using the old 305 metre tall tower near Shindler. In 1975 KELO TV tower collapsed again during a fierce winter storm. KELO-TV was on the same day back on the air again, after some switching operations to the backup tower at Shindler were done.

External links

* [http://www.keloland.com/ KELOLAND.com]
* [http://www.keloland.com/weather/dopplerhd/ KELOLAND Live Doppler HD]
* [http://www.utv4u.com/ UTV website]
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* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45477 Skyscraperpage.com entry]
* [http://www.emmyonline.org/docs/Previous_Winners%20_CS_PSA_.pdf Emmy Winners for PSA]
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*TVQ|KCLO-TV
*TVQ|K24DT
*TVQ|K28DP
*TVQ|K57BX
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